ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,460, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Yarn and structure containing the same" was invented by Kenichiro Takumi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ryo Todo (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A yarn containing a potential-generating filament. The yarn is constructed such that a positive or negative surface electrical potential is generated by applying an external force to the yarn in an axial direction of the yarn, and constructed such that a controlled surface electrical potential is generated by a maintenance or release of the external force."
The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 202...